Preachers Girl, Jim Schutze
Preachers Girl, Jim Schutze
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Preacher's Girl
The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore

Author: Jim Schutze

Narrator: Stephen R. Thorne

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/27/2024


Synopsis

An "excellent true-crime study" of a female serial killer given the death penalty for poisoning at least three men between 1973 and 1989 (Publishers Weekly).

Widowed Blanche Taylor Moore was about to lose her second spouse to symptoms that mysteriously mirrored those that killed her first husband—as well as her previous boyfriend. When an investigation reveals arsenic poisoning, the hideous truth about the wife and mother comes to light. Did the abuse Blanche suffered as a child at the hands of her alcoholic father turn her into a murderer she became?

In this riveting true crime account, critically acclaimed journalist Jim Schutze explores the harrowing motivation and chilling details of the lives, loves, and victims of North Carolina's oldest living inmate on death row.

Contains mature themes.

About Jim Schutze

Jim Schutze is an award-winning journalist and the author of several books, including By Two and Two: The Scandalous Story of Twin Sisters Accused of a Shocking Crime of Passion; Cauldron of Blood: The Matamoros Cult Killings; and Preacher's Girl: The Life and Crimes of Blanche Taylor Moore.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rama on August 20, 2020

Lady from hell The story of Blanche Moore is a Southern-comfort facade of gentility, a fusion of Scarlet O’Hara and Blanche DuBois, hides a murderous revenge on men in her life. Apparently rooted in the sexual abuse from her father when she was a little girl. Blanche is seductively nice and compassi......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on November 06, 2024

Blanche Kiser was born in North Carolina in 1933. Her father was a Baptist minister, who Blanche would later claim was abusive, alcoholic, and much more. He father died suddenly from a heart attack, which now has an air of suspicion around it. Blanche married James N. Taylor in 1952, with whom she h......more

Goodreads review by Michael on May 04, 2024

Solid Reporting in Endearing Prose The author not only told this remarkable story with beautiful prose, but captured the feel, the tempo, and the “ancient” talk and ways of the Southerners of the Piedmont in North Carolina. Well done, indeed.......more

Goodreads review by Pauline Perez on August 27, 2024

Extensively Researched subject I enjoyed this book becuse it wasn't just about poison, the author made me feel so much empathy for the victims. The information about the absolute cruelty of being murdered in this manner is heartbreaking. I couldn't put it down.......more